Curtain rod device



March 30, 1954 CH 2,673,704

CURTAIN ROD DEVICE Filed 001?. 7, 1949 Herbert E. Church INVENTOR.

mafia... BY w mm Patented Mar. 30, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CURTAIN ROD DEVICE Herbert E. Church, Delmar, N. Y. Application October 7, 1949, Serial No. 120,150

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a combined shade bracket and curtain rod support, more particularly, to an improvement over the device disclosed in Patent No. 1,398,418.

An object of this invention is to provide a permanently fixed bracket equipped with detachable adjustable members, the position of which may be varied relatively for use in supporting curtains or shades of different widths.

Another object is to provide a permanently fixed bracket, and a plurality of interchangeable cooperating members for supporting either a shade roller or a curtain pull rod or both.

These, together with the various ancillary objects which will become apparent as the following description proceeds are attained by this combined shade bracket and curtain rod support, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the device comprising the present invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view showing the device secured. to a window frame with curtain rods and a shade roller attached thereto; and,

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken along line 3-3 in Figure 2.

With continued reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views, reference numeral [6 designates a bracket attaching member or plate having a sleeve-like bearing i2 formed in its outer edge. This plate i9 is secured to the upper frame member 14 by screws 96 secured into the frame and passing through apertures [8 in the plate l0.

slidably emplaced within the bearing I2 is a rod or shaft 29 which is secured in its desired position within the bearing by means of a set screw 22. An end of the rod 29 extends outwardly of the bearing 12 and is inserted in a tubular bearing or sleeve portion 24 which is integral with a bracket generally designated by reference numeral 26.

The bracket 26 includes a plate 28 which has a bearing sleeve 30 formed from its upper edge in which is journaled a shaft 32 from the ends of which the legs 34 and 36, respectively, of a pair of substantially U-shaped, transversely aligned curtain rod supports 38 and 46 depend. t is to be noted that the sleeve portion 24 is formed by a suitable portion of the plate 28 being bent to shape.

A flange 46' is formed as an element of the bracket 26 and is bent at right angles to the plate 26. A shade roller receiving notch 42 is formed in the upper edge of the flange 40' adjacent the vertical edge of the bracket.

Referring now to Figure 2, it will be seen that the curtain rods are secured upon the supports 38 and Am -The shade roller 46 is supported by the flange 40' within the notc are-259) As may be desired, the flange 40 may be eliminated from the bracket, and the device may be used merely to support a curtain rod. It will be further observed that the plate [9 is designed to be permanently mounted on a window frame and the rod 20 is slidably and adjustably held within the bearing 12 in order to adapt the bracket 26 to support window shades and ourtains of different widths as desired.

Since from the foregoing, the construction and advantages of this curtain rod device are readily apparent, further description is believed to be unnecessary.

However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specification and accompanying drawings, it is not intended to limit the invention to the precise embodiment of curtain rod device shown and described, but all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, which fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A curtain rod fixture comprising a plate for mounting on a window frame, a horizontal shaft mounted on said plate and including a projecting end portion, a sheet metal bracket formed from a single piece of material and comprising rolled upper and intermediate marginal portions providing tubular horizontal bearings, the lowermost bearing being journaled on said projecting end portion of the shaft for mounting the bracket for vertical swinging movement thereon at an intermediate point, a shaft journaled in the other bearing, and a pair of transversely aligned, substantially U-shaped curtain rod supports depend ing from the ends of the second-named shaft at right angles to the bracket and engageable by gravity with the upper portion thereof, the lower end portion of said bracket being engageable by gravity with the window frame under the weight of the curtain rods and including a right angularly bent, forwardly projecting flange having a notch in its upper edge for the reception of a shade roller.

HERBERT E. CHURCH.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 698,846 McCarthy Apr. 29, 1902 744,318 Emery Nov. 17, 1903 1,238,931 Murray Sept. 4, 1917 1,398,418 Church Nov. 29, 1921 1,425,160 Zwahlen Aug. 8, 1922 1,435,816 Davis Nov. 14, 1922 1,668,241 Grey May 1, 1928 2,319,715 Barndollar May 18, 1943 

